DiGi Telecommunications To Implement Ericsson Device Connection Platform

Malaysian operator, DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (DiGi) will soon implement the Ericsson device connection platform to provide customers with everything they need to deploy, manage and monetize millions of machine-to-machine (M2M) and consumer-electronics devices.

The Ericsson device connection platform will allow DiGi to increase revenue and cut both operational costs and time-to-market, said Digi and Ericsson in a joint statement today.

DiGi Head of M2M Akash Das said the company provided M2M services to a variety of customers who would now be gradually migrated to the Ericsson device connection platform.

“This strategic development will allow us to strengthen our M2M offerings to our growing customer base and it will ready or customers for new business strategies that rely on a broad spectrum of devices as data services become more mature in Malaysia,’ he was quoted as saying in the statement.

Meanwhile, President of Ericsson Malaysia and Sri Lanka, Todd Ashton said as DiGi”s M2M partner, it would support its strategy of growing to become one of Malaysia”s leading operators in the M2M-services arena.

“We expect that there will be more than 50 billion devices connected around the world by 2020, mainly using M2M connectivity,” he added.